Advanced Poetry Techniques – Flashcards
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Alliterative (Alliteration)
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Containing repetition of a begging sound in words
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Anapestic Meter
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Three syllables with the first unstressed, the second unstressed, and the third stressed
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Assonance
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The repetition of a vowel sound in words
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Ballad
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A simple narrative poem written in short stanzas
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Blank Verse
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Poetry that does NOT use end rhyme that is written in iambic pentameter
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Cinquain
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A five line poem containing 22 syllables with a pattern of two, four, six, eight, and two syllables
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Concrete Poem
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A poem where the words are arranged to form a shape that relates to its topic
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Cononance
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The repetition of consonant sounds in words
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Couplet
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A two line stanza
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Dactylic Meter
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Three syllables with the first stressed, the second unstressed, and the thrird unstressed
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Dissonance
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Harsh sounds blended together
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Elegy
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A sad poem about someone's death
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End Rhyme
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Rhyme that occurs at the end of each line of poetry
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End Stops
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Pause at the ends of lines of poetry marked by a comma or a period
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Enjambment/Run-on
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When lines of poetry run from one to another without pauses
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Extended Metaphor
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A metaphor that goes on for several or many lines comparing one object to another using "like" or "as"
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Free Verse
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Lines of poetry or song that do not follow a strict pattern
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Haiku
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Japanese poem written in three lines consisting or five, seven, and five syllables
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Iambic Meter
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Two syllables with the first unstressed and the second stressed
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Iambic Pentameter
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A common meter in poetry of five feet where each foot contains an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable
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Implied Metaphor
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A metaphor where the comparison of the two objects is only hinted at but not stated clearly; reader must infer
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Internal Rhyme
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Rhyme that occurs within the line of poetry ( not at the end)
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Limerick
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A five-line poem with one couplet and one triplet (tercel) ; has a strict rhyme scheme
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Litotes
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Understatement (opposite of hyperbole)
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Lyric Poem
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A short poem usually written in first-person point of view that expresses an emotion or idea of a single speaker; does not tell a story (hot narrative)
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Meter
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A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry; the poem's basic rhythmic structure
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Metric Foot
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A unit of meter that can have two or three syllables
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Monologue
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A speech presented by a single character, most often to express thought aloud, though sometimes also to speak to speak to another character or the audience directly
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Narrative Poem
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A poem the tells a story and has a plot
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Near rhyme/ slant rhyme/ imperfect rhyme/ half rhyme/ eye rhyme
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Rhyme that is not exact (rose, lose)
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Octave
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An eight-line stanza
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Ode
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A classic Greek poem meant to be sung (like a lyric poem) that has three main parts meant to pay tribute to a person or object
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Parody
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A humorous imitation of a famous piece of literature or event (satire)
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Perfect/exact/true rhyme
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Rhyme that has the exact same ending sound (true, blue)
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Quatrain
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A four- line stanza
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Quintet
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A five- line stanza
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Refrain
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A sound, word, phrase, or line repeated regularly in a poem
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Septet
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A seven-line stanza
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Sestet/sextet
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A six-line stanza
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Shakespearean/English Sonnet
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A fourteen-line poem that consists of three quatrains and ends with a couplet
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Soliloquy
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Poetry expressing the speech of someone who is alone or thinks he is alone
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Sonnet
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A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a complex rhyme scheme
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Stream of Consciousness
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A genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings as they develop through a long soliloquy
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Tercet/triplet
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A three line stanza
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Trochaic Meter
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In poetry, two syllables with the first syllable stressed and the second syllable unstressed
